Plus: Tokyo Bay has been closed for some work; SoulCycle benefit for Bogardus Plaza; nail salon moved across the street; is BMCC off limits?
Plus: Best Market signage; news from Tribeca Beauty Spa; BMCC faculty art exhibit; the winners of Soho Photo's annual Krappy Kamera Competition. / 18 comments
Plus: Hearings about helicopter noise; food drive at Tribeca Tap House; Pen Parentis holiday soirée; the Horticultural Society's Green Bean Holiday Bash.
Plus: This trend of parking half on the sidewalk; Lot 77 café appears to have closed; architecture critic Paul Goldberger; toy drive; exhibit of city-inspired art. / 2 comments
Plus: Artists camping on Broadway; pricing and food at iPic Seaport cinema; DOH visit to Taste of the Seaport; Pier A public seating; new American Cuts; Marc Murphy opens in Tampa; "Laguna Beach" star moving here; new FiDi fitness roundup; thumbprint carpets.
Discussed: Rosa Mexicano on Murray Street; BMCC rep on the school's future; a row of bike racks proposed for Duane Street; Atera's basement lounge; one-day pedestrian plaza on W. Broadway; Manhattan Yacht Club can't catch a break. / 1 comment
Plus: Opening forecast for the BMCC pool; new kosher deli; Gelsey Kirkland's ballet school moving to DUMBO; Collect Pond Park update; custom T-shirts.
If Related Companies succeeds in its plan to move the BMCC campus, we could end up with a wall of glass buildings like the dreadful Trump ones on the Upper West Side. / 30 comments
Plus: Timeline for the latest big Broadway condominium; Henrybuilt opening on Crosby; is N. Moore conversion stalled?; "Where in Tribeca...?" still unanswered; R & Company exhibits; a rave for "Hedwig." / 4 comments
Plus: Tonight's Community Board 1 meeting postponed; BMCC pool update; "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"; Front Art Space show. / 1 comment
Plus: Auction at Josephine; fireworks tonight for New Year's Eve; dispiriting news about the BMCC swimming pool. / 3 comments
I keep a journal of odd/amusing interactions—akin to the New York Times’s “Metropolitan Diary,” but less fit for print. / 8 comments
Went to the Tin Building Sunday. Wow! Another great place to buy food and eat. — G / Meadow Lane will open in March
Rat Terriers? — Tim / Getting control of the rat situation in Washington Market Park
It’s $700 million, not $7 million. https://pix11.com/news/morning/fare-evasion-cost-mta-700-million-in-2023-watchdog-group/#:~:text=Fare%20evasion%20cost%20the%20MTA,least%20%24100%20million%20last%20year. — Reademan / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
If CP is supposed to be revenue for the MTA, then the MTA needs vehicles to come to the CP... — Jer / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
I say NO to congestion pricing. The working families can't afford NYC. They can't afford higher food prices. Adding congestion... — Elbee / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”
Time to look into ferrets? — Leslie / Getting control of the rat situation in Washington Market Park
The MTA is losing $7 million+ a year on fare evasion. "We have to think we are all playing by... — Tribeca Citizen / The future of congestion pricing is “now or never”